SEO glossary

Disavow

A Google Search Console tool that asks Google to ignore specific backlinks when assessing a site.

Google ignores most spammy links automatically, so the disavow tool is only recommended when a site has a manual action for unnatural links or has clearly built manipulative links in the past.

Disavowing good links by mistake can hurt rankings.

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